Editing Operation Save America (section)

{{short description|Fundamentalist Christian protest group}}
{{See also|History of Operation Rescue|Operation Rescue (Kansas)}}
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[[Image:Operation Save America jan.jpg|thumb|Operation Save America members protest in front of an [[abortion clinic]] in [[Jackson, Mississippi]], during their 2006 National Event in that city.]]

'''Operation Save America''' (formerly '''Operation Rescue National''') is a [[Christian Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Risen|first=James|title=Abortion Clinic Slayings May Kill Operation Rescue|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=August 10, 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Beeman|first=William|title=Fighting the Good Fight: Fundamentalism and Religious Revival|journal=Anthropology for the Real World|year=2001|url=https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Anthropology/publications/FUNDMNTALISM.htm}}</ref> [[Christian Right|Christian conservative]] organization based in [[Concord, North Carolina]], a suburb of [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], that opposes human [[Abortion#Induced|induced abortion]] and [[Abortion law|its legality]], [[Islam]], and homosexuality. In 1994, [[Flip Benham]] became the director of the organization, then called ''Operation Rescue National''. Benham replaced Keith Tucci, who had replaced [[Randall Terry]].<ref name=mhrn>[http://www.mhrn.org/publications/fact%20sheets%20and%20adivsories/OperationRescue.pdf Operation Rescue], Montana Human Rights Network.</ref>  Terry, Tucci and Benham have all been convicted of crimes related to their protest activities.<ref>For one of Keith Tucci's convictions: "Anti-Abortion Leader Will Surrender," ''Sarasota Herald Tribune'', Thursday, July 15, 1993, 3B; For one of Flip Benham's convictions: "Leader Convicted for Religious Demonstration at School," ''Reading Eagle/Reading Times'', Wednesday, February 18, 1998, C14; For one of Randall Terry's convictions: "Court Upholds Terry's Sentence," ''The Gadsden Times'', Sunday, February 27, 1994, A2</ref>  Rusty Thomas became the national director after Flip Benham stepped down.

Jason Storms is the national director as of 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.operationsaveamerica.org/about-us/national-director/ | title=Meet the Director - Operation Save America | date=May 12, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rise-abortion-abolitionists-targeting-women-doctors-donald-trump-rcna147187 | title=The rise of 'abortion abolitionists' targeting women, doctors and Donald Trump | website=[[NBC News]] | date=May 26, 2024 }}</ref>